Man tells police he was shot near Wheaton Park in Syracuse

Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man told police he was shot near a park on Mountainview Avenue Friday afternoon.

The 23-year-old man, who police did not identify, walked into the emergency department at Upstate University Hospital shortly after 6 p.m. with gunshot wounds to the right hand and right thigh, said Sgt. Tom Connellan.

Police said the wounds were not life threatening and that they found no evidence or witnesses to a shooting in the area the victim described, near the basketball court at Wheaton Park.